Chapter 78: Sheng Du's Purpose?
Sheng Du's approach reminded Xiang Yong of the plot described in martial arts novels before, in order to deliver a very important cargo to its destination, the dart bureau would often send two darts - one to attract the attention of others, and one to carry valuables by a few elites and secretly transport them.
He couldn't think of any other reason.
As Fan Xiaoyue said, Sheng Du specially emphasized that the box is locked with a combination lock, which is to reflect the importance of what is in the box.
And something so important should not be entrusted to a few strangers, even if these strangers are the apprentices of his old friend.
What exactly did Sheng Du really want to transport? What was the real destination? Who did he entrust to transport the darts? Who was he guarding against, the Imperial intelligence officer? Or was it someone else?
Xiang Yong wanted to find out the answers to these questions.
Completing Sheng Du's commission is nothing more than a reward of 50 points per person.
But if you figure out these questions, the gain is definitely more than that.
That night, they went to bed early at the Youlu Hotel.
Only Xiang Yong didn't sleep, he was in the bar downstairs, looking for people dressed up in rivers and lakes to drink and chat.
After living for 5,000 years, he can still do it with thousands of people, no matter what kind of person he meets, he can quickly get close, and inquire about Sheng Du's information while the wine is hot.
I was busy until late and didn't go to bed.
In the middle of the night, Xiang Yong suddenly woke up and felt a slight movement outside the door.
He had opened his ears and was so sensitive to sound that he could almost sketch what it was like outside the door: a man in a robe, his robe rattling, was stooping down and shoving something through the crack in the door.
Xiang Yong didn't say anything, he felt that the person outside the door was not malicious.
Soon the man finished his movements and hurried away.
When the man walked away, Xiang Yong tiptoed out of bed, without alarming Ye Liuli, walked barefoot to the door, wrapped his hands in clothes, and bent down to pick up a few folded white papers lying on the carpet.
He carefully opened the paper, and he could easily see at night with his eyes already open. On the paper, two lines were written in Juanxiu's handwriting: "The matter of the Hundred Ghost Gate has a certain clue, and it will take a little time." ”
"What is Sheng Du entrusted you to do? This matter has been noticed by the relevant departments. ”
The final inscription is "well-known and not", and then a small plum blossom is hand-painted.
The following pieces of paper are the proof that citizens legally possess cold weapons, as long as they carry this certificate, Xiang Yong and others can carry swords, bows and crossbows in public unimpeded. Li Xiumei is really interesting.
Xiang Yong's gaze fell on Li Xiumei's sentence again. "It has been noticed by the relevant authorities. ”
Sure enough, the guess was correct.
Sheng Du should have been targeted by the imperial intelligence officers, deliberately looking for himself and others to interfere with the line of sight.
What exactly is he trying to ship, and to whom?
Sent in the direction of Ibaraki, Xiang Yong can think of only one recipient: the rebel army.
It's a pity that there is still too little information.
Xiang Yong regretted that he didn't ask Li Xiumei for more information about Sheng Du.
The scattered information he had heard at the Youlu Hotel was not enough to support him to make an accurate judgment.
Judging from the news he heard, Sheng Du was a famous hero in the rivers and lakes when he was young.
Learn the art in Zhengyangmen, after the green out of the blue, self-reliance, create a "Juyi Village", self-owned owner.
Tried to save people from misfortune, and also got rid of people from poverty, dared to draw his sword when he saw injustice, and was arrogant.
But when he was in his forties and had just been promoted to grandmaster, a major event happened in his life.
His only son, while participating in an experience, was killed by a disciple of another major faction, the Guangxiao faction.
Although the Guangxiao faction immediately apologized, they refused to hand over the murderer.
Because the one who killed the son of Sheng Du was the beloved son of an elder of the Guangxiao faction.
Sheng Du was furious and took several heroes from Juyizhuang to kill the Guangxiao faction to avenge his only son.
But there are many masters of the Guangxiao faction, and after a wheel battle, several heroes he brought were killed or disabled, and he himself was seriously injured, but the Guangxiao faction still left a penny, did not take his life, and let him go down the mountain in embarrassment.
After Sheng Du returned home, he killed his beloved wife with his own hands, set fire to Juyizhuang, and turned to the empire to become a low-level clerk in the imperial military intelligence department.
With his skills and ability, in just 5 years, he climbed to a high position, and then carefully fabricated a lie, using a non-existent treasure as bait to wipe out the masters of the Guangxiao faction, and then forged a military order to raise troops to destroy the Guangxiao faction, including the families of the disciples of the Guangxiao faction.
After this incident, he was naturally beaten by everyone in the rivers and lakes, and the Military Intelligence Department also held him accountable for forging military orders, and although he was not imprisoned, he was also marginalized in the Military Intelligence Department.
He did not miss it, but resigned voluntarily and joined the General Training Department of the Imperial Military Department, responsible for the training of recruits.
Under him, he trained one team after another with strong combat effectiveness, but the soldiers he led had a high mortality rate during training, and he was also criticized by others, so he had to take the blame and resign again.
At this time, he was 55 years old. In people's eyes, it is already in decline.
He really didn't show his strength anymore, and it seems that he has accepted his fate and started to recuperate.
It's been 10 years now.
This is Sheng Du, a controversial figure.
In the minds of the Jianghu people, Sheng Du's massacre of the Guangxiao faction is actually not a mistake, there is resentment and revenge, this is the code of conduct of the Jianghu people.
But he actually defected to the imperial officials and led the army to slaughter the Guangxiao faction, which violated the taboo of the Jianghu people.
As for the empire, he uses public weapons for private purposes and has resentment, although he has the ability, but after all, he cannot be used by the empire.
Both ends are not pleased.
To be a man like this, God hates and hates ghosts, which can be regarded as a kind of talent.
So now, what does Sheng Du want to do?
If his guess is true, he really wants to send a batch of supplies to the rebels, what purpose does he want to achieve with this?
Let the rebel army become more powerful, make the empire burned, and have to use him again, so as to return to the center of power?
Or is it aiming to overthrow the Empire?
Or, simply wanting to take revenge, watching the imperial officials and the rebel army with the main force of the Jianghu people knocking out the dog's brains, he snickered on the sidelines?
Because he didn't know enough about Sheng Du, it was difficult for Xiang Yong to guess his intentions.
I have to say that the main god chose the character of Sheng Du as the entry point of the side quest, which is very suitable, and in the future, the quest is likely to have a variety of directions.
Xiang Yong lay back on the bed, calculating in his mind.
Sheng Du is okay to say here, just act when the opportunity arises.
But it was the side of the Hundred Ghosts Night Gate that made him a little worried.
It stands to reason that this is only their second rookie mission, and the main quest given by the main god will not be too difficult.
But the Hundred Ghost Night Gate is good at manipulating ghost things, and this is likely to be the inheritance of the Youtian Sect, a behemoth that occupies billions of river systems!
Youtian Sect's ghost raising and ghost control techniques are the strongest in the whole universe, this is the only one, there is no semicolon!
It's just that even if the Hundred Ghost Night Sect is a little related to the Youtian Sect, it should not be the lineage of the Youtian Sect, and it may just be a disciple who has no ambition to spread out.
Because of the true inheritance of the Youtian Sect, in this world, it must be extremely noble and respectful! Because the Youtian Sect is the true ruler of the world!